Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 10) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – Take a Break From Impeachment. Watch Lil’ Kim’s Career-Spanning Performance at BET Hip Hop Awards. By Emily Zemler / Rolling Stone
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Donald Trump’s favorite president: Andrew Jackson as father of the “white republic.” By Matthew Rozsa / Salon
As Confederate monument debate continues, Kehinde Wiley’s new statue challenges the heroic narrative. By Ashlie D. Stevens / Salon
How White Liberals Became Woke, Radically Changing Their Outlook On Race. By Asma Khalid / NPR
How the Fed Is Trying to Fix Its White Male Problem. By Jeanna Smialek / NYT
Five African Americans named ‘genius’ grant winnners by MacArthur Foundation. By Kevin Parrish Jr. / The Undefeated
Warren gets ‘dramatic shift’ in support from black voters. By Maya King / Politico
Black Workers Are the Heartbeat of the GM Strike. By Eli Day / Mother Jones
Ex-Dallas Officer Who Killed Man In His Own Apartment Is Found Guilty Of Murder. By Bobby Allyn / NPR
If You Are Black and in a Mental Health Crisis, 911 Can Be a Death Sentence. By Shaun King / The Intercept
Harvard Does Not Discriminate Against Asian-Americans in Admissions, Judge Rules. By Anemona Hartocollis / NYT
The Cult of Rich-Kid Sports. By Derek Thompson / The Atlantic
N.C.A.A. Athletes Could Be Paid Under New California Law. By Alan Binder / NYT
Jerry Rice: Running back Jim Brown is the greatest player in NFL history. By Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz / USA Today
How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music. By Emily Lordi / The New Yorker
Discovering Cuba, an Island of Music. By Shannon Sims / NYT
Historian Warns Today’s America Looks ‘Eerily Similar’ to Period Before the Civil War, Compares Movement Conservatives to Slaveholder Elite. By Shane Croucher / Newsweek
Race Inquiry Digest (Oct 7) – Important Current Stories On Race In America
Featured – A hug of forgiveness for Amber Guyger is not absolution for America’s racism. By Isaac Bailey / CNN
Red and Blue Voters Live in Different Economies. By Thomas B. Edsall / NYT
Warren Courts African American Voters To Cement Her 2020 Coalition. By Kevin Robillard / HuffPost
How to defeat dog-whistle politics, win elections and build a progressive majority: Part 1. By Paul Rosenberg / Salon
Holder-affiliated group launches new challenge to partisan gerrymandering in North Carolina. By Amy Gardner / Wash Post
“Worth This Investment”: Memos Reveal the Scope and Racial Animus of GOP Gerrymandering Ambitions. By David Daley / The Intercept
White evangelicals love Trump and aren’t confused about why. No one should be. By Anthea Butler / NBC News
‘OK’ is now a hate symbol, the ADL says. By Sara Sidner / CNN
Gov. Hogan: $200 million is ‘final offer’ to resolve HBCU lawsuit. By Talia Richman / The Baltimore Sun
Ta-Nehisi Coates on His Debut Novel “The Water Dancer,” Slavery & Reparations. By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now
